Method of controlling user information and information processing apparatus
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1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- image processing hardware including at least one of a printer unit and a scanner unit;
an operating system;
a plurality of application programs, operable on the operating system, and configured to process images using the image processing hardware; and
a user information control program operable on the operating system and configured to receive a request for user information including distribution address information from any one of the plurality of application programs, obtain the user information including the distribution address information from one of a first memory and a second memory based on the request, and provide the obtained user information to the application program from which the request for user information including the distribution address information was received, whereinthe user information control program comprises an application program interface that allows for reception of the request from any one of the plurality of application programs using a predefined function.
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Abstract
A method of controlling user information for an information processing apparatus includes the steps of a process of an application program requesting user information controlling unit to obtain an item of said user information, and said user information controlling unit providing the obtained item of said user information to said process. The user information controlling unit obtains the user information requested by the process of the application program and provides the user information to the process. Accordingly, the user information can be shared by the application programs and centrally controlled.
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1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
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image processing hardware including at least one of a printer unit and a scanner unit; an operating system; a plurality of application programs, operable on the operating system, and configured to process images using the image processing hardware; and a user information control program operable on the operating system and configured to receive a request for user information including distribution address information from any one of the plurality of application programs, obtain the user information including the distribution address information from one of a first memory and a second memory based on the request, and provide the obtained user information to the application program from which the request for user information including the distribution address information was received, wherein the user information control program comprises an application program interface that allows for reception of the request from any one of the plurality of application programs using a predefined function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of controlling user information for an image processing apparatus comprising image processing hardware including at least one of a printer unit and a scanner unit, an operating system, a plurality of application programs, operable on the operating system, and configured to process images using the image processing hardware, and a user information control program commonly accessed and used by any one of the plurality of application programs, the user information control program running on the operating system, the method comprising:
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requesting, by any one of the plurality of application programs, the user information control program for user information including distribution address information; obtaining, by the user information control program, the user information including the distribution address information from one of a first memory and a second memory based on the request; and providing, by the user information control program, the obtained user information to the application program from which the request for user information including the distribution address information was received, wherein the user information control program comprises an application program interface that allows for reception of the request from any one of the plurality of application programs using a predefined function. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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